Bath of Sardanapalus

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n.d.

Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561-1623)
after Marten de Vos (Flemish, 1532-1603)

Sardanapalus was a mythical ancient Assyrian king known for his excessive pursuit of physical pleasure. He appears here being bathed by a bevy of women, though he was said to have many concubines of both genders. Johann Theodor de Bry copied and reshaped another artist’s rectangular print of a moralizing subject to create this composition, surrounding it with a sumptuously detailed border of foodstuffs, animals, and grotesque hybrid creatures.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Johann Theodor de Bry
Title: Bath of Sardanapalus
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1581–1623
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate/trimmed to sheet: 15.9 × 15.6 cm (6 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Charles Deering Collection
Reference Number: 1927.2675
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Hollstein 29

Hollstein 594 (after M de Vos)

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